Indicates permeability of intercepted porous matter by the ratio of velocity to the hydraulic gradient in a given time.
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Hydrologic Modeling Using SWAT: Test the Capacity of SWAT Model to Simulate the Hydrological Behavior of Watershed in Semi-Arid Climate
Zineb Moumen (University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah of Fez, Morocco), Soumaya Nabih (University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah of Fez, Morocco), Ismail Elhassnaoui (University Mohammed V, Morocco), and Abderrahim Lahrach (University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah of Fez, Morocco)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 37
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9771-1.ch008
Abstract
The Innaoune Watershed represents an important hydric potential of the oriental part of Morocco. However, the basin exhibits a set of hydrologic drawbacks, such as floods, erosion, and pollution. This chapter is focused on flood forecast study. In order to help managers and decision makers to adopt the appropriate land management strategies for protecting the population from flood damages, the study of the hydrological behavior and quantification of water yield are paramount. According to this perspective, the main goal of this chapter is to test the ability of the SWAT model to simulate and reproduce the hydrological behavior of the upstream of Innaouene Watershed. The output of the model could be used to map, delineate, and forecast the floods expansion for a particular rainfall event. SWAT was performed on a daily time step from 2004 to 2012 for calibration and 2012 to 2014 for validation. The model accuracy was evaluated by measuring the Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient and R2.